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Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on May 7, 2013 at 19:20

Thanks Silvana and Laura. Stu

Comment by Laura Xu on May 7, 2013 at 16:29

Such a beautiful painting

Comment by Silvana M Albano on May 7, 2013 at 8:35

It's beautiful Stu! I wish you luckat this year's fair!

Comment by susie gregory on May 8, 2012 at 2:12

good luck at the fair!! i need to do that!!

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on May 8, 2012 at 1:58

They are warmer in the painting--bad photo--but you are exactly right on the adding depth.  I still have it sitting there, before I give it to someone and I am painting a larger version right now to put in the Marin County Fair, so I am going to play with the light a little in both of the paintings.  Thanks for the comments.   Stu

Comment by susie gregory on May 8, 2012 at 1:48

love this! - i could walk right down that lane!!..i might make the shadows in the foreground a bit warmer..it might add ever more depth...but love it!  

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on April 26, 2012 at 2:11

Thanks, Li.  You certainly are a well read, scholarly person.  You should visit California someday.  It is a very large and diverse state with great natural beauty (and very paintable vistas).  Stu

Comment by Ningning Li on April 26, 2012 at 1:22

Stuart, very interesting about those valuable trees in California. I notice that in the painting those trees have differnet shape and density leaves from pine tree. Now I know why . I am reading a book by Paul Johnson named"A History of the American People" . He mentioned that when the early colonists arrived North America they kept a record. In which, the author described Maryland as"This baye is the most delightful water I ever saw... two sweet landes, firm and fertile:plenty of fish,woods of walnuts, oakes and cedars..."He noted"salad herbes and such like, strawberries, raspberries, fallen mulbery vines, rich soil, delicate springs of water, partridge, deer, turkeys,geese, ducks, and also squirrels,eagles and herons...the place abounds not only with profit but whith pleasure."  What a wonderful picture! Thank you Stuart for telling me about those lovely trees. Waiting to see your new works. Li

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on April 25, 2012 at 15:11

Li, thank you for the compliments.  The trees are actually not pine trees but are coastal redwoods (Sequoia sempervivens) and are actually the tallest living things on the planet reaching 300 to 350 feet high with trunks 16 to 18 feet wide.  They grow only along the California coast from just South of Monterrey to the Oregon border (about 500 miles).  The other redwood species in California is Sequoiadendron giaganteum; these trees are larger with trunks up to 23 feet wide but only 250 to 280 feet tall, and they are the most massive living things on the planet and can live for over 3000 years.  They are beautiful trees and the wood is also very beautiful and a reddish tan color that fades to a grey color when exposed.  The wood is rot resistant and termite and is used for outdoor structures a lot in building.  Your painting is very good and that is why you have a lot of likes.  I just finished my painting today and will post it tomorrow.  Stu

Comment by Ningning Li on April 25, 2012 at 8:16

So beautiful!! Cold with warm , dark with light, you handled it so skillfully. Although the light has to be exist in the narrow space between the trunks and shadows , people can sense its strength. I like your composition too, especially the tall tall pine trees , very impresive.  Happy for you, Stuart. By the way, yesterday I uploaded my homework and today several artists like it. I have to write to you to thank you for your advice and information to make my work  possible. Thank you, Stuart.  Li

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